Refrigerator.



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REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1910.

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GORUS D. STOLL, OF KANSAS CITY, IVHSSCFUT REFRIGERATOR.

Lilith, 100.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma -.5, 1912.

Application filed June 10, 1910. Serial No. 566,247.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that. l, Cones l). S'roLL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county ofJackson and State of Missotu'i, have invented certain new and. useful.lnn'irovenients in Refrigerators, of which the following is aspecification My invention relates to improvements in refrigerators. p

The object of my invention 1s to provide a refrigerator which may bereadily cleaned and licpt in a sanitary condition. lvly improvedconstruction permits the readvremoval of all the parts which are incontact with food or which are liable to become foul.

Ally invention provides further novel u by which a plentiful supply ofcold trurora or, the water being cooled by the .i vwhich is employed toreduce the tem pct-attire of the interior of the refrigerator. 'lhenovel features of my invention are hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

in the accompanying drawings illustrative of the preferred form of myinvention, .l igrurc l is a perspective view, the drawers being shownpartly withdrawn and the doors open. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectiontaken unthe plane of the dotted line (c--o of Fig. (3; .lfig. 5 anenlarged.detailed.section on thc dotted line c-o of Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is anenlarged vertical. detailed sectional view on the dotted line of Fig. 2.vertical. section on the dotted line f/-/2. of Fig. (3. Fig. (l is avertical sectional view on the dotted linei-j of Fig. Similar charactersof reference denote similar parts.

1 denotes the ref 'igerator casing having in its front wall openings 3,8 and 4 which aronornially respectively closed by doors 5. 6 and 7. Theopenings 3 and 41 are sepa- At. the bottom of the opening 4 is avhorizontal bar The bars 8. and t) are each provided in their uppcrsidcswith notches or recesses in which are mounted the torwardends of twosets 'l supporting bars 10 and 11 which are pref o. lily thicker thanthe depths of the recesses in whiclrtllcy lie. The rear ends of thel'()(,l 5'0l bars 10 and 11 are relnovably uiountcd in holes extendingrearwardly r water may be provided in the re- Fig. 5 is a.

fromthe -forward side of the rear wall. of the CttSll'lg. The two setsof bars 10 and 11 are disposed horizontally and normally supportrespectively two drawers 12 and slidable respectively through theopenings 3 and t. The drawer 12 comprises an ice receptacle and isprovided with a perforated bottom disposed so as to discharge waterproduced by melting ice into the lower drawer 13. The lower drawer 13 isprovided with a discharge opening 14 in one vertical wall through whichwater is discharged upon the bottom of thecasings lining 15. This liningis provided in its bottom portion with a depressed portion 16 whichconverges to a central recess 17 into which projects ver-' tical:discharge pipe. 18 which also extends downwardly through the bottom ofthe casing An inverted cup it) normally covers the upper end of the pipe18 and is provided in its lower edge with notches 20 for the passage ofwater from the outside to the inner side of the cup. The cup 19 and pipe18 serves as a trap for permitting water to escape from the refrigeratorbut preventing the entrance of air through the discharge pipe 18.

Horizontal side guide bars 21 are dis posed at opposite sides of thedrawer l2 and have their rear ends mounted in some of the holes providedin the rear casing wall. The forward ends of the bars 21 are laterallyturned and are mounted in horizontal holes provided in the casirlgfrontwall at opposite sides'o't the opening 3. Similar horizontal guide bars22 are mounted at opposite sides of the drawer 13, the rear ends of theguide rods bein mounted in holes in the rear wall, and the laterallyturned forward ends being mounted in horizontal holes in the troutcasing wall at opposite sides of the opening .4. i

The bars or rods 10 and 11 are removable and serve to support thedrawers 1?. and 13 out of contact with thebars 8 and 9 respectively whenthe drawers are slid in and out of their guide bars or rods 21 andprevent the d rawcrs 1,1. and 13 from rubbing the casing l at the sidesof the openings 3 and 4 when the 'drawcrs are slid in and out. Thesebars are also removable.

The drawer 1.3 above the opening 14 is provided on its inner side Wallswith horisimilarly.

respective openings. The side ed to contain bottles.

zontal forwardly and rearwardly extending guides.23' on which isslidably mounted a' tray 24 having preferably a perforate bottom andadapted to contain food, such as lettuce. The drawer below the tray 24is normally filled with cold water and is adapt- By having the tray 24slidable forward and backward, access may be more readily had to thearticles stored below the tray.

I provide a Water conductor by which 0001' drinking water may always behad, the water being cooled bythe ice in the drawer 12. This conductorcomprises an inlet portion 25 having an open top adapted to receivetherein the neck of an inverted bottle 26, containing the water supply.The inlet portion 25 rests upon the top of the casing ,1 and extendsthrough the top of the casing and the top of the lining 15. Thatportionwhich extends through the lining is preferably an externally threadedpipe 27 onwhich are fitted two clamping nuts 28 which are disposed atopposite sides of the top of the lining 15 against which the nuts restand hold the inlet portion of the conductor from being disturhed in itsposition. Through the forward side of the casing 1 extends a horizontaldis charge portion 29 of the water conductor. This portion, outside thecasing is provided with a suitable draw off cook or faucet 30. The innerend of the portion 29 is externally screw threaded and has mounted on ita nut 31 which bears against the inner side of the front wall of thecasing and. holds the portion 29 in position.

An intermediate portion 32 of'the water conductor has peripheral flangesat itsends denoted by 33, the ends respectively abut ting against theinner ends of the pipe 27 and the threaded portion of the portion 29.Two union nuts 34 are rotatively mounted on the intermediate portion 32and bear against the flanges 33. Said nuts 34 are respectively mountedon the=pipe 27 and the threaded inner end ofportion 29, and serve todetachably secure the intermediate portion to the inlet and dischargeportions of he water conductor. The intermediate por-' tion 32 isremovable through the opening 2.

The intermediate portion 32 is provided with a sinuously formed portion35 which rests upon inclined rods 36 the rear ends of which are mountedremovably in holes in the front side of the rear wall of the casing 1and lining 15. In the rear side of the bar 8 are provided recesses 37each having a depressed portion in which is mounted the downwardlyturned end of one of the rods 36, as shown in Fig. 4. By lifting theforward endsof the rods 36 and moving them backwardly the rods 36 may beremoved from the recesses 37 and then withdrawn forwardly from the holesin which the rear ends are mounted.

bn the rods 36 near their forward ends are mounted respectively washers38 which are out of contact with the bar 8 and serve to prevent waterwhich accumulates on the rods 36 from running forward toand upon "thebar 8, the water so collecting being discharged into-the drawer 13.

39 denotes wire shelves mounted one above the other to the rear of theopening 2 and upon hooks 40 secured to the inner walls of the lining 15.The ends of the shelves next the drawer 12 are preferably upwardlyturned so as to prevent articles on the shelves from striking thedrawer. The shelves may be readily lifted from the hooks 40 and removedthrough theopening 2.

By removing the nuts 34 from the pipe 27 and portion 29 the intermediateportion 32 may be removed through opening 2. By removing the lowerclamping nut 28 the inlet portion 25 may be upwardly removed fromthe-casing. By removing the nut 31 the discharge portion 29 may beremoved from the casing. The cup 19 may be removed and the bars 10, 11,21 and 22 as well as the rods 36 may be readily removed from therefrigerator, thus permitting easy access to all interior parts for thepurpose of.clcaning.

The intermediate portion 32 is provided at a point lower than the lowestportion of the sinuous portion thereof with a drain or draw oif cock 41by which in cold weather the water may all be withdrawn from the waterconductor to prevent its freezing, or for the purpose of removing dirtwhich may collect in the water conductor.. The sinuous portion 35 isdisposed obliquely to the horizontal so that the dirt will all collectnear the draw ofi' cook 41. The draw off cock is located in therefrigerator chamber so that when the cock is opened the water from thewater conductor will be' discharged upon the bottom of the chamber, fromvhich it can pass by way of the discharge pipe 18. This constructioneliminates the employment of a separate vessel for catching the waterdrawn from the said cook 41, such a vessel being required if the cockdrained outside the refrigerator chamber. This arrangement, therefore,avoids labor and. annoyance in connection with the. draining of theconductor.

My invention may be modified indifferent ways, within the scope of theappended claims, without departing from its spirit.v

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. Tu a refrigerator, a casing having a compartment, a water conductorhaving a 1 the casing, and a washer secured on said d i near its lowerend but out of contact with of contact with the adjacent wall of thecasthe adjacent wall.

2. In a refrigerator, a casing having a' compartment, a waterconductorhaving a sinuously formed portion" within and removable fromthe comp rtment, an inclined rod supporting thersinuo sly formed portionand having its ends detachzibly supported by opposite walls of thecasing, and a washer 10 secured on the rod near'its lower end but out Intestimony whereof I havesigned my nameto this specification in presenceof two.

subscribing witnesses.

CORUS D. STOLL.

Witnesses:

E. B. HOUSE, CHESTER THOMAS.

